Cheshire HP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited HP over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Andover Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexley Bicester Birmingham Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Lothian East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Falkirk Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Great Yarmouth Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Hounslow Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Kendal Kent Kingswinford Knottingley Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochdale Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tipton Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	34	28
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	50	32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.066 %	0.033 %
As % of the category below	9.524 %	8.511 %
Daily rates quoted	11	18
Average minimum daily rate	£330	£211
Average daily rate	£351	£214
% change on same period last year	+63.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£218
UK excluding London average daily rate	£311	£331
% change on same period last year	-6.22 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£18.33
Average hourly rate	-	£19.17
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.84	£23.45
% change on same period last year	-6.83 %
Vendors Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	525	376
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.697 %	0.386 %
Daily rates quoted	170	106
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£313
Average daily rate	£361	£323
% change on same period last year	+11.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£333
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£357
% change on same period last year	-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	51	34
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.24	£23.71
Average hourly rate	£25.60	£25.88
% change on same period last year	-1.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.96	£28.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.18	£25.11
% change on same period last year	-7.68 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Hewlett-Packard Company.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing HP across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HP across the Cheshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HP across the Cheshire region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing HP within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Knutsford	-14	17	£415	-17.82 %
Warrington	-13	3	-	-
Crewe	-2	2	-	-
Wilmslow	-	1	£130	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing HP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited HP.

1 54 (67.50 %) Windows 2 43 (53.75 %) UNIX 3 36 (45.00 %) IBM 4 32 (40.00 %) Mainframe 5 24 (30.00 %) Citrix 6 20 (25.00 %) Tivoli 7 18 (22.50 %) Internet 8 17 (21.25 %) OpenView 9 16 (20.00 %) Finance 10 15 (18.75 %) Change Management 11 14 (17.50 %) Banking 11 14 (17.50 %) SAN 12 13 (16.25 %) Dell 12 13 (16.25 %) Cisco 13 12 (15.00 %) HPUX

13 12 (15.00 %) Active Directory 14 11 (13.75 %) Microsoft 14 11 (13.75 %) Windows NT 14 11 (13.75 %) Network Security 15 10 (12.50 %) Tandem 15 10 (12.50 %) Firewall 15 10 (12.50 %) Solaris 15 10 (12.50 %) AIX 15 10 (12.50 %) Shell Script 15 10 (12.50 %) Tivoli Monitoring 16 9 (11.25 %) Middleware 16 9 (11.25 %) OMEGAMON 17 8 (10.00 %) Windows Server 2003 18 7 (8.750 %) Perl 19 6 (7.500 %) Windows 2000

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing HP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited HP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 9 (11.25 %) Middleware 2 5 (6.250 %) WebSphere 3 2 (2.500 %) WBIMB	Application Platforms 1 5 (6.250 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 4 (5.000 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 3 (3.750 %) Gentran 3 3 (3.750 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 2 (2.500 %) Lotus Notes 4 2 (2.500 %) MS Exchange 4 2 (2.500 %) SAS 4 2 (2.500 %) WebSphere MQ 5 1 (1.250 %) BizTalk Server 5 1 (1.250 %) IIS
Applications 1 1 (1.250 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 18 (22.50 %) Internet 2 14 (17.50 %) SAN 3 11 (13.75 %) Network Security 4 10 (12.50 %) Firewall 5 3 (3.750 %) BGP 5 3 (3.750 %) EIGRP 5 3 (3.750 %) LAN 5 3 (3.750 %) WAN 5 3 (3.750 %) TCP/IP 6 2 (2.500 %) SSL 7 1 (1.250 %) DNS 7 1 (1.250 %) SMS 7 1 (1.250 %) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (2.500 %) ETL 1 2 (2.500 %) BusinessObjects 1 2 (2.500 %) PowerCenter 1 2 (2.500 %) BusinessObjects XI	Development Applications 1 1 (1.250 %) QuickTest Pro
General 1 16 (20.00 %) Finance 2 14 (17.50 %) Banking 3 3 (3.750 %) Retail 4 2 (2.500 %) Retail Banking 4 2 (2.500 %) Government 4 2 (2.500 %) Financial Institution 5 1 (1.250 %) Online Banking 5 1 (1.250 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 18 (22.50 %) Infrastructure Designer 2 9 (11.25 %) Consultant 3 5 (6.250 %) Architect 3 5 (6.250 %) Analyst 3 5 (6.250 %) Infrastructure Specialist 3 5 (6.250 %) Security Specialist 4 4 (5.000 %) Infrastructure Architect 4 4 (5.000 %) WebSphere Consultant 4 4 (5.000 %) Service Manager 5 3 (3.750 %) Service Analyst 5 3 (3.750 %) Infrastructure Engineer 5 3 (3.750 %) Network Engineer 5 3 (3.750 %) Cisco Network Engineer 5 3 (3.750 %) Technical Services Manager 5 3 (3.750 %) Cisco Engineer 5 3 (3.750 %) Technical Manager 6 2 (2.500 %) Hardware Engineer 6 2 (2.500 %) ETL Developer 6 2 (2.500 %) Developer 6 2 (2.500 %) Active Directory Specialist
Miscellaneous 1 32 (40.00 %) Mainframe 2 10 (12.50 %) Tandem 3 2 (2.500 %) Management Information System 4 1 (1.250 %) Clustering 4 1 (1.250 %) EPoS	Operating Systems 1 54 (67.50 %) Windows 2 43 (53.75 %) UNIX 3 12 (15.00 %) HPUX 4 11 (13.75 %) Windows NT 5 10 (12.50 %) Solaris 5 10 (12.50 %) AIX 6 8 (10.00 %) Windows Server 2003 7 6 (7.500 %) Windows 2000 8 1 (1.250 %) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (18.75 %) Change Management 2 5 (6.250 %) ITIL 3 3 (3.750 %) Project Management 4 2 (2.500 %) Information Security 4 2 (2.500 %) Technical Architecture 4 2 (2.500 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (1.250 %) ISMS 5 1 (1.250 %) Incident Management 5 1 (1.250 %) Service Management 5 1 (1.250 %) Information Security Management 5 1 (1.250 %) Security Management	Programming Languages 1 10 (12.50 %) Shell Script 2 7 (8.750 %) Perl 3 3 (3.750 %) SQL 3 3 (3.750 %) C
Qualifications 1 4 (5.000 %) MCSE 1 4 (5.000 %) CCNA 1 4 (5.000 %) Cisco Certification 1 4 (5.000 %) Microsoft Certification 2 3 (3.750 %) CCNP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.500 %) QA 2 1 (1.250 %) SLA
System Software 1 12 (15.00 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.250 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 20 (25.00 %) Tivoli 2 17 (21.25 %) OpenView 3 10 (12.50 %) Tivoli Monitoring 4 9 (11.25 %) OMEGAMON 5 4 (5.000 %) CiscoWorks 6 1 (1.250 %) ServiceCenter 6 1 (1.250 %) MOM 6 1 (1.250 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 6 1 (1.250 %) NNM
Vendors 1 36 (45.00 %) IBM 2 24 (30.00 %) Citrix 3 13 (16.25 %) Cisco 3 13 (16.25 %) Dell 4 11 (13.75 %) Microsoft 5 3 (3.750 %) BT 6 2 (2.500 %) Lotus 6 2 (2.500 %) Informatica 6 2 (2.500 %) Business Objects 6 2 (2.500 %) Intel 7 1 (1.250 %) EMC 7 1 (1.250 %) Compuware 7 1 (1.250 %) Compaq 7 1 (1.250 %) Peregrine 7 1 (1.250 %) Siemens 7 1 (1.250 %) VERITAS 7 1 (1.250 %) Apple 7 1 (1.250 %) Toshiba 7 1 (1.250 %) Altiris 7 1 (1.250 %) Fujitsu Siemens